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Show NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, March 15, 2007 Celebrations Women's version Editor's note: This is the third in a series on Irene Adams. Male veterans who have gone through jump school can relate to Adam's experience; here's the version for the women. Page 10 a. " k)ll likl I Alex lorg Llder Alex lorg, son of Gay and Dane lorg of Pleasant Grove, has recently returned from serving in the Massachusetts Boston Haitian Creole speaking LDS mission. He will ;peak in sacrament service ser-vice Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 11 a m in the Grove Creek fith Ward, 750 North 11 IK) North, Pleasant Grove Kyler Johnson Elder Kyler Craig Johnson, son of Craig and Jana Johnson of Pleasant Grove, has been called to serve in the Texas Houston South LDS Mission. He will speak in a sacrament service Sunday. March 18 at 9 a.m. in the North Field 4th Ward, 408 W 1300 North, Pleasant Grove. Elder Johnson will enter the Missionary Training Center on April 4. f V Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy all tjpes of Metals, Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aluminum Cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Stainless, Batteries. 1 We offer CompetitK'e Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True our Customers, Stop by and Grve Us A Try! MCR I vGift Cards y from Gardner Village I'.uy online at gardnervillage.com C I I w lljll "Utah County's Largest Jewelery ShoMoomv 120-No. University Ave. Provo 375-5220 ww.golismithjewelers.com Taylor Payne Elder Taylor Dean Payne, son of Dean and LeeAnn of Alpine, has recently returned from serving serv-ing in the Wisconsin Milwaukee LDS Mission. He will speak in a sacrament service Sunday. March 18, 2007 at 8:00 a m. in the Hillside Ward, 767 N Eagle View Dr. (Temple View Chapel), Alpine. James Grand staff Elder James Grandstaff , son of Ed and Denise Grandstaff of Lehi, has recently returned from serving serv-ing the Canada Winnipeg LDS Mission. He will speak in a sacrament service Sunday, March 25, 2007, at 8:30 am in the Bull River 2nd Ward, 650 W 2600 N, Lehi. 1 l to, 3 AT"--. RECYCLING 550 North Geneva Road Orem ((BOD 225-0001) Light Her Fire. r. J ,- ...!? Bench, Dorton David and Vicki Dorton of Highland are pleased to announce the marriage of their son Dallas John Dorton, to Julie Anne Bench, daughter of John and Gina Bench of Sandy. The couple exchanged vows in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. A reception honored the newryweds at the Draper LDS Church, 191 1 Gray Fox Drive, Draper. The bride is a graduate of University Uni-versity of Utah. The groom is a graduate of UVSC. The couple will make their first home in Murray. Chamberlain, Orgil Eric and Jane Chamberlain of Lehi would like to announce the marriage of their daughter , Jennifer Jen-nifer to Adam Orgil, son of Fred and Christine Orgil of Lehi. A reception will be held on March 16, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pheasant Pointe Chapel, 3065 N 1300 West in Lehi. With all the excitement of the wedding, if we have missed you , please accept this as our invitation to join us in this celebration. Both Adam and Jennifer graduated gradu-ated from Lehi High School and will make their first home in LehL Commitment to 1 A 1 l if Peace of Mind with il Let Us Insure Your Automotive Meeds HAY FEVER ALLERGIES ASTHMA Treatment by allergy specialists for children and adults with asthma and allergies to: Plant pollens Foods Pets Insect venom Molds All physicians are board certified in allergy and asthma as well as pediatrics or internal medicine. INTERMOUNTAIN ALLERGY & ASTHMA 2 5 Conveniently located ,1 2422 S. 450 E. Suite C Draper Call 1-866-676-5536 for an appointment or visit our www.m termoun Rasmussen, Krommenhoek Kevin Krommenhoek and Chelsie Rasmussen have chosen to wed in the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple on Wednesday, March 21, 2007. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. Don A. Rasmussen of Provo and Carol and Don Doyle of American Fork. The prospective groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krommenhoek Krom-menhoek of American Fork. A reception will honor the new-lyweds new-lyweds that same evening from 6 30 to 9 p.m. at the Alpine Art Center, 450 South Alpine Highway, High-way, Alpine. The bride-toe Ls a graduate of American Fork High School. She works as a Phlebotomist at American Ameri-can Fork Hospital. The prospective groom is a graduate of American Fork High School. He owns a property maintenance and floor refinishing business. The couple will make their first home in American Fork. ft 1 ,mmX "' HI "T J r Ai McEwan, Empey Randy & Chris Rot en of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, and Mike McEwan of Highland, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Mackenzi to Nathan Empey, son of Drew and Karen Empey of Alpine on Saturday, March 17th, 2007 in the Salt Lake Temple. A reception will be held that evening at the Thanksgiving Point Garden Room in Lehi from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. AD friends and family are invited to attend. Mackenzi graduated in 2004 from Lone Peak High School and is an instructor at the Dallas Roberts Rob-erts Academy in Provo. Nathan graduated in 2003 from Lone Peak High School. He served in the Tulsa Oklahoma Mission and is attending the University Uni-versity of Utah. The couple will make their first home in Alpine. If we have missed you in all our excitement, please accept this as your invitation and feel welcome to attend. just off 1 2300 S. exit website for more information tamailerqy. com ergy.com - - - MP here were five women in my company of 200 men (and about 15 women in the five companies). We were no longer called WACs (Women's Army Corps), but were simply EW's and EM's (enlisted women and enlisted men). Part of the test for women who went to parachute packing school was to pack a parachute and then jump with it the next day and you could be asked to do that at any time. So we had to be jump qualified. Airborne school lasts three weeks. The first week is called ground week, and you do lots and lots of exercises. You especially do a lot of falling down, to learn how to fall properly and not get hurt. So you're standing, jumping in the air a little bit, and then falling. Then you step up on platforms of various heights and fall off. During the second week, power week, you move to higher things. One apparatus swings and drops you. You walk up a stairs, then jump out of a tower and are carried car-ried down a cable. You count to four, then look up to see if your parachute has opened. You are simulating an actual jump. Other towers swing you so you can see what it's like if the wind is hitting you from different directions. Then you go to the high tower. If you pass each stage, you move on to the next one; if you don't, you recycle. Nobody wants to recycle, and nobody wants to get hurt. If you do get hurt, you don't claim it. All of us were given a number, num-ber, which we were called by. 1 was "Whisky One." The helmet read "WOOl" "W" for WAC, "O" for officer, and some other symbols. So it was "Whisky 1, get on the tower," and so on. That's how the jump sergeants kept track of how well you did. When a person was dropped from the tower, it was important that the sergeant ser-geant down below, calling instructions, tell you which riser to pull to steer yourself away from the tower. So there were all of us down below, be-low, looking up, waiting for MILITARY Nicholas J. Kolowich Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Kolowich has deployed to the Iraqi theater of operations to support the mission of Operation Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom. The soldier is a member of the 1st Battal-ioa Battal-ioa 28th Infantry, the "Black Lions," 4th Infantry Combat Brigade, 1st Infantry Division based at Fort Riley, Junction City, Kan. Kolowich is an infantry squad leader with nine years of military service. He is the son of John J. Kolowich Kolo-wich of Ramona, Calif., and Karen E. Kolowich of LehL The sergeant is a 1997 graduate gradu-ate of Lehi High School. Spring Ahead to the Habitat for Humanity Restore! OUTLET PRICES nesiore; vuilei rriv.Lj on L j New & Used Building Materials:1,. 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We were sometimes cited as volunteers, for example, for a blood drive, and then the men were asked to volunteer. Who's going to say no after all the women have volunteered? volun-teered? We women were overtrained, over-trained, though we were never nev-er given an explanation for it. I think the airborne didn't want one of us to get hurt, because that would be bad publicity for our experimental group. The guys had to jump from the tower twice; we had to do it five times. And we had to do other things several more times than the guys did. The third week was jump week, and I made five actual jumps at about 1,250 feet. I was the first person at the airplane doorway, so I was standing there quite a while, looking down and thinking, "We don't have a lot of time to get our parachutes open. The ground is a lot closer than I thought it was going to be." We were told to count to four, then look up and make sure the parachute had opened. If it hadn't, then you pulled your reserve chute. The landing is the hard part. That's where you can get hurt. But it was all a good experience, a lot of fun. Next week: Irene goes on to parachute packing training. train-ing. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. For instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton, at donnortonbyu.edu. John M. Jensen Army National Guard Pfc. John M. Jensen has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky. During the nine-week training train-ing period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military mili-tary justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values. Jensen is the son of Larry and Linda Jensen of Pleasant Grove. 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